| ![Pitch Black [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51BA5DBQFOL.jpg) | Director: David Twohy
Actors: Vin Diesel, Cole Hauser, Radha Mitchell, Keith David, Lewis Fitz-Gerald
Studio: Universal Studios
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Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: Unrated
Media: Blu-ray
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 109 Minutes
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Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: 61106555
UPC: 025195055901
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ASIN: B001RTCP1A
Theatrical Release Date: 2000
Release Date: March 31, 2009
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Pitch Black April 18, 2009
Lou Scrobogna (sunbury, victoria Australia)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I saw this movie when first released on Video and found it too dark at first than again when released on DVD with a better pic and sound and now have it on HD with a clearer picture and sound so if you like Sci Fi movies recommended four out of five .
Pitch Black - Blu-ray Info April 5, 2009
LGANS316 (Tokyo Japan)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Version: U.S.A / Universal / Region Free
VC-1 BD-50 / AACS / Advanced Profile 3
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Disc size: 32,62 GB
Number of chapters: 18
Subtitles: English (SDH), French, Spanish
Director's cut
Running time: 1:51:55
Feature size: 29,21 GB
Total bit rate: 34.80 Mbps
Average video bit rate: 24.68 Mbps
Theatrical cut
Running time: 1:48:21
Feature size: 28,24 GB
Total bit rate: 34.75 Mbps
Average video bit rate: 24.65 Mbps
Special features presented in standard definition
#An Introduction by David Twohy
#Commentary with Actors Vin Diesel & Cole Hauser, and Director David Twohy
#Commentary with David Twohy, Producer Tom Engelman, and Visual Effects Supervisor Peter Chiang
#The Game Is On (1:49)
#Johns' Chase Log (7:12)
#The Making of Pitch Black (4:44)
#Dark Fury: Advancing the Arc (1:30)
#Chronicles of Riddick: Visual Encyclopedia (2:18)
#A View Into the Dark (4:06)
#U-Control
 A surprisingly tense and effective SF horror movie March 12, 2009
A. Whitehead (Colchester, Essex United Kingdom)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Originally released in 2000, Pitch Black is a low-budget SF/horror movie that became something of a hit, and helped propel lead actor Vin Diesel to action superstar status. A sequel (which I will be reviewing presently), The Chronicles of Riddick, followed four years later and a third movie is currently in pre-production.
Pitch Black opens with a spacecraft passing through the tail of a comet and suffering serious damage. Thrown off-course, it enters the atmosphere of a habitable moon. The pilot, Carolyn Fry (Radha Mitchell), almost jettisons the passenger compartment to help save the rest of the ship, but her co-pilot manages to stop her (although he dies in the crash). Of the forty passengers and three crew, there are only ten survivors. A major problem is that one of the survivors is bounty-hunter William J. Johns (Cole Hauser) and his prisoner, an exceedingly dangerous man named Richard B. Riddick (Diesel), who introduces himself as "Riddick, escaped convict, murderer." After initially escaping in the aftermath of the crash, Riddick realises he needs the help of the other survivors to escape from the moon and agrees to join forces with them. A great deal of tension in the movie is mined from the unpredictable behaviour of Riddick and the fact that Johns has his own demons and has allowed his obsession with capturing to Riddick to override his humanity. Carolyn also has issues of guilt over nearly killing the other survivors of the crash.
The character study part of the movie is very interesting, although the English survivor Paris (Lewis Fitz-Gerald) is a walking caricature and we don't get to know Australian prospector Shazza very well, despite her being played by well-known genre actress Claudia Black (formerly of Farscape and later StarGate SG-1). The other key characters are Abu al-Walid (Keith David), an Imam on a pilgrimage to New Mecca, and a youngster named Jack (Rhiana Griffith). Al-Walid finds his faith tested as the experience on the planet continues, whilst the impressionable Jack seems to find Riddick 'cool', despite the concerns of Carolyn and Johns.
The focus on the characters is extremely well-done. It's unusual for an action/horror movie to have such well-rounded and believable characters, and the actors all bring their best talents to the job. Diesel is extremely impressive as the anti-hero Riddick, whilst Mitchell makes a rather dislikable character interesting and her gradual move towards redemption believable. As the movie moves into its second half the SF backdrop to the movie becomes clearer: the moon, which is normally permanently exposed to the light of the three suns in the system, is about to pass into the shadow of its gas giant parent planet, at which point a race of vociferous flying creatures who are harmed by light will be released. The horror elements kick in as the characters have to find some way of generating enough light to keep the creatures at bay whilst they make their way across the wasteland to salvation.
These sequences are very tense and handled well. The movie may be low budget, but it makes the most of its resources very well, with the CGI creatures still holding up convincingly a decade later. Even in the middle of these action sequences the director keeps the mutual mistrust and paranoia between the survivors going quite nicely.
Pitch Black (****½) is a genuinely excellent movie, with a well-explored premise and an unusually sophisticated level of characterisation. It also features a highly positive portrayal of Islam, and pretty much all of the actors bring their A-game to the project. The only minor niggles are some stylistic flourishes of the director that are artistically interesting but a bit weird when taken literally (Riddick casually showing up unnoticed in the background of shots as the other characters anxiously search for him at the start of the movie), and the rather one-note writing of the token British character. Otherwise, this is an enjoyable and highly underrated movie.
The film is available now on DVD (UK, USA) and Blu-Ray (UK, USA).
The sequel is...different.
Friggin' Awesome! January 9, 2009
Michael Fox (Chicago, IL USA)
I love this movie! I think this is the best Riddick movie out there because it is uncompromising in its depressing style. All of the horrible things that you don't want to happen do happen, but not always in the way you expect. If you want a dark thriller featuring the best acting Vin Diesel has ever done, you should watch this movie. I guarantee satisfaction from this DVD.
A CHARACTER-DRIVEN THRILL RIDE January 4, 2009
Geary A., Jones
Vin Diesel as the complex, escaped prisoner, Riddick, and Radha Mitchell as Fry are two of the more interesting characters to come along the sci-fi trail in a long time. The camera-work, and action manage to take your mind off the not overly-original script. The beasties are nicely gruesome, and there are plenty of genuinely scary moments in this very enjoyable film.
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